Kingdom of Knuffel

That's like driving from Sydney to Canberra. Still within the state but then again a lot of NSW is nothing but trees and desert.

I assume there isn't much high skilled work there? When people say towns I think farms and iron deposits. Maybe because I was on google maps looking at the towns on the edge of NSW. lol. I really have no clue what constitutes a town.

@Poshi

Ahhh, I would be so down for getting a Totoro! My mom's the one who's a big fan of them, though.

An alpaca sounds nice too.

Mikael Hart wrote:Sounds like you guys collect a lot of plushies.

I don't collect them. I play with them. And beat them up once in awhile to get the dust out (kind of like a small rug). Vacuuming them is sometimes fun.

Mikael Hart wrote:Since we're speaking of plushes, btw, do you guys have a favorite that you own?

The Beanie Boo horse. He looks ridiculously happy, and is the right size and shape to hug while typing or gaming.

Poshi wrote:@Tam
Am I meant to compliment the ones I feel indifferent about? I'm not really the empty compliment kind of person and I rather say nothing than something that might offend someone.

I've never seen a red panda toy before.

Maybe I'm unaware of these social rules O_O

Well *thinks about my own hard learned experience*. I've found that a neutral response often soothes. Something like, "You like so and so, huh? I never could get into that." But I know that I am one of the most socially inept of mortals, so I might be totally out to lunch.

I have tons of plushies Growing up we got one every birthday and every christmas, plus whatever other people gave us, so they added up fast. I just gave away about a third of them last year, but I should probably go through and give away some others now too.

@Tam I am

I'm definitely more of a collector.


@KimiLavender

Oh, are you giving them away because you have too many?

Yeah They take up way too much space and I have so many of them, you know? So I'd rather they go to a kid that will enjoy them instead of being stuck in a closet or a box

Sounds fair to me.

Do you guys name your plushies, btw?

Only my very favorites Do you?

Aha, I name some, and I forget some. If it's a fandom plush or an OC plush, they already have names, of course.

I have a turtle pillow pet named Melon from back when my mom went nuts and bought like fifty of those things.

I also have Todd, who's a fox that my friend won for me from the county fair. (Another duo of friends also helped me win a giant donut plush, but it's unnamed.)

Then there's a Timmy or Tommy (I can't remember which it was), which was a frog I got when I was five. It still smells like my grandma from the time I thought it would be good idea to douse him in my grandma's perfume. I think I put lipstick on him at some point as well. His eye has been sewn back on and his side has been stitched.

None of my other plushies are named; not even my other favorites. I don't know why I've never named my snakes. If I had the space (and it wouldn't terrify my mom) I'd totally be mounting them on my wall.